Isaiah 1:26 (LSB)

Passage

Then I will have your judges return as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful town.”

Nearby Context

Isaiah 1:24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, “Ah, I will be comforted concerning My adversaries, And I will avenge Myself on My enemies.

Isaiah 1:25 I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy.

Isaiah 1:26 Then I will have your judges return as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful town.”

Isaiah 1:27 Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.

Isaiah 1:28 But transgressors and sinners will be broken together, And those who forsake Yahweh will come to an end.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "faith", "judges", "return", "first", "counselors", "beginning", and "afterwards". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "I will also turn My hand against..." into verse 27's "Zion will be redeemed with justice And...", so "called" and "faith" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.